Carrier-track.



No. 693,934: Patenten Feb, 2 5,mo`2.V

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CARRIER TRACK. y l Apphcat'on led Aug 26 1901) um uqdel.)

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GUSTAVUS VIDEMAN, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASISIGNOR TO WILOOX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- TroN or ILLINOIS.

CARRIER-TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 693,934, dated February 25, 1902.

Application led August 26, 1901. Serial No. 73,373. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTA'vUs WIDEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarrier-Tracks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in overhead tracks adapted to receive and sup port a suitable trolley, from which may he permanently or removably suspended any article that it is desired to move from place to place. In the accompanying drawings I have shown my improved track in use in connection with a trolley to which is attached an ordinary store-ladder, and for such use, as well as for other indoor uses, it is especially well adapted,although it may advantageously be employed in other situations. Many of the tracks employed for indoor purposes are of the tubular variety, in which a slot at the bottom is provided for the passageof the depending hanger-arm, the oppositely-located Wheels of the trolley running upon tracks formed by the inwardly-turned sides of the tube. Vhile such constructions constitute very efficient tracks, they are open to the objection of being more or less noisy owing to" the reverberations of sound caused ,by the tubularform of the track. ith myimproved form of track this objection is obviated and at the same time a very strong track is produced which can be cheaply and easily made, can be readily applied in place, and can also be easily kept clean. I aocomplishthis by the means shown in the drawings and rhereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a length of my improved track with a trolley placed thereon to whichis suspended a store-ladder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the track, showing also a portion of the trolley and ladder attachment shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2, the track and one of the trolley-wheels being in section.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates ,my improved track, which in the form of construction shown is composed of two pieces a ct of sheet metal each bent or curved near -its lower end to form suitably-shaped tracks or ways b b and curved or bent near its upper end to form guards c c over the trolley-wheels when the same are placed on the tracks or ways a a and acting to prevent the accidental displacement of the trolley-wheels from the tracks or ways ZJ b. These pieces a a in the from of construction shown are placed with their vertical portions7 which constitute the main or body portieri of the device, back t-o back, as illustrated, and firmly secured tof gether by rivets CZ or in any other suitable manner, the portions b and c of each piece u. consequently projecting outward in an opposite direction from the corresponding portions on the other piece a.

B B indicate two pairs of trolley-wheel adapted to be entered from the end of the track A and run on the tracks or ways a a. Each pair, as shown, is connected by a curved hanger-strap O, through each end of which passes the projecting end of an axle e of one of the wheels B, such wheels, of course, turning freely on their respective axles.

D indicates an ordinary ladder, to the upper end of which is firmly affixed an angular frame E, that fits between the two parallel curved hanger-straps C and affords a means through which the ladder is connected to the said straps O.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. In a carrier-track, thel combination of two strips of materialarranged parallel with each other and each having its lower portion extended outwardly to form a track or way and its upper portion bent at right angles t'o form a guard.

2. In a carrier-track, the combination of two strips of metal arranged parallel with each other and each havingits lower portion extended outwardly to'form a track or way, substantially as specified.

3. In a carrier-track, the combination of two strips of metal arranged parallel with, abutting against each other and each having its lower portion bent or curved outwardly to extending outwardly in a curved manner to form a track or way and its upper portion bent at right angles to form a guard.

6. In a carrier-track, the combination of two strips of material arranged parallel with each other and each having its lower portion extending outwardly in a Curved manner to form a track or Way and its upper portion bent at right angles to form a guard, and

means for securing the two strips of material z5 together.

GUSTAVUS WIDEMAN.

Vitnesses:

D. W. SIMPSON, W. S. FERRIS. 

